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Chapter 14
Chapter 14
Kuururururung! Kwa-gwang!
For a while, it sounded as if thunder were crashing.
“Who is it, who is it!”
Ashiard’s hand lost its grip on Max Langtang.
Е n ū.ṁ ă
And in order to find the culprit who had destroyed the sacrifice, it began to move madly closer to where Dominic was.
Even as Ashiard’s hand rushed in right up to his face, Dominic did not panic and remained still like a stone statue.
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Soon, Ashiard’s hand barely brushed past Dominic and seized a fragment of the shattered Core.
“Who is it!”
Ashiard shouted again, but there were no results.
Dominic quickly slipped away from the altar and retreated to the safe center of the cave.
Е̊ n̄ u m ã .i d
“No, no!”
As Ashiard’s arm grew faint, the altar began to collapse.
Ureureung.
The sound of boulders pouring down was heard, and soon the altar was buried under stones.
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“This grudge, this humiliation…… I won’t…… forget……!”
Ashiard’s arm, too, turned into smoke and vanished.
Е́n̆u m а̇
“Phew.”
Perhaps he had not been completely relaxed after all, as Dominic let out a sigh and ran a hand through his hair.
“That wraps things up with the Lich King.”
Since he had dealt with the sacrifice as Eleonore Langtang had said, there should no longer be any chance of the Lich King Ashiard reviving.
Dominic walked slowly past the unconscious Brook and approached the rigidly standing Max Langtang.
Now it was time to extract information from Max Langtang.
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Max Langtang was still completely out of it, in a half-undead state.
“Don’t worry. After some time, your soul will find its place and return to normal.”
Dominic said, patting Max Langtang’s shoulder lightly as if to reassure him.
“But until then, you’re just an empty shell with memories, and until your soul returns, there’ll be gaps in those memories.”
Dominic’s eyes gleamed.
“I’m going to take advantage of that gap to ask you a few things.”
Е̂ǹum̌ ă
Hoo—this time, Dominic inhaled.
Based on Eleonore Langtang’s interview, he had expected Max Langtang to become half-undead, but seeing it in person left him with an unusual sense of impression(?).
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“Max Langtang.”
“Yes, that is my name.”
Half-undead, Max Langtang answered politely, apparently mistaking Dominic for his master.
“Why did you personally move to collect black gold stone? That’s something the House could have handled.”
Wе b̄n̈ оv̄ѐ l _Еn û mӑ
This was what Dominic wanted to ask first.
Identifying natural objects that could become Cores and securing them was extremely important.
Important enough that it would not have been strange for Max Langtang himself to come out to the trading site.
But there was one thing that bothered him.
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‘Why did he move so secretly?’
A deserted abandoned building, a brief three-minute transaction, and even anonymity.
W̃е̌.b̀ n ö v̇еl Е̂ ṅ ǔ mа̃
If he had coveted black gold stone that could become a Core, he could have simply requested a deal with Clive under the name of the House of Langtang.
It might have been a bit noisy, but that approach would actually have been safer and with fewer variables.
In reality, wasn’t it precisely because Max Langtang moved in secrecy that he had been caught off guard by Dominic like this?
‘If the deal had come in under the name of the House of Langtang, it would have been much harder for me to intervene.’
In that sense, it had worked out well for Dominic.
“Answer me.”
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As the response lagged, Dominic urged Max Langtang on.
Max Langtang, who had been staring blankly into empty space with unfocused eyes, turned his head toward Dominic.
“I moved secretly because Ellie must not know that I am gathering Cores.”
“Ellie?”
It was the first time he had heard the nickname, but it was easy to tell whom it referred to.
‘Eleonore Langtang.’
Е̄ nŭ m̆ å
Within the House of Langtang, the only person Max Langtang would affectionately call Ellie was Eleonore.
“Why must Ellie not know?”
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Dominic asked, awkwardly pronouncing Eleonore Langtang’s nickname.
“Ellie, Ellie……?”
Max Langtang muttered vacantly. It seemed he had forgotten the conversation they had just had.
“Why must Eleonore Langtang not know about the Cores?”
Ёn̂ ů.m а́ .і̌d̈
Dominic asked again, frowning.
He had asked, but he had no expectations. He was beginning to realize that this undead state made people far duller than expected.
“Ellie…… is opposed to war.”
Yet from Max Langtang’s mouth came words Dominic had never expected.
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‘He was already considering war from this point?’
Dominic frowned.
Е́n̊u m a. id̀
He had known that Langtang had not started the war on a whim, but he had not imagined they had been planning it from this early on.
“Why…… no, what war are you talking about?”
Dominic, who had been about to ask why they wanted to start a war, changed his question.
Before asking why, Dominic suddenly realized that it was essential to first confirm whether the war Max Langtang was talking about was the same war he himself had experienced in his previous life.
“War is…… a war to protect humans.”
“To protect humans? Aren’t your enemies humans?”
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“No. The heterogeneous races…… exterminate…… them.”
Dominic’s realization was correct.
‘It isn’t a war planned against humans. If that’s the case, then from the beginning they never intended to entangle Anika and the Empire.’
Dominic stared at Max Langtang with renewed eyes.
‘That aside, Max Langtang was a radicalist.’
In the Empire, the term ‘heterogeneous races’ referred not only to races whose roots were entirely different from humans, such as fairies, dwarves, and elves, but also to those like Necromancers, dark mages, and voodoo practitioners who had abandoned their humanity and strayed from the human path.
Ѐǹ um а
There were many views regarding the heterogeneous races.
Some said that since their numbers and power had visibly declined after the extinction of dragons, now was the time to embrace them with tolerance.
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On the other hand, others argued that in order to prevent a repeat of the crisis of the White Age, the heterogeneous races had to be attacked and conquered.
Among those who pushed for attacks on the heterogeneous races, those who claimed the heterogeneous races should be ‘exterminated’ were called radicalists, and Max Langtang was one of them.
‘Compared to that, Eleonore Langtang seemed to be a centrist or a moderate.’
He had obtained a fair amount of information, but there were still many things he did not understand.
Wе̇ b n̈ ov̂ е̃ ľ Е_nu m а̃
‘Then how did a war planned against the heterogeneous races end up being carried out against humans?’
It was when he was pondering how to unravel that into a question.
“Huok.”
Max Langtang sucked in a breath. Dominic could see reason slowly returning to his eyes.
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“Tsk, looks like time’s up.”
Without hesitation, Dominic struck Max Langtang in the solar plexus and knocked him unconscious.
Enů mа
There was a lot of information he wanted, but rather than risk exposing his identity to ask more, it was a hundred times better to aim for the next opportunity.
Thud.
The sound of Max Langtang collapsing beside his subordinate Brook was heard.
“Just in case, let’s take one last look before leaving.”
He had used Ashiard’s Tomb to extract information from Max Langtang, but Dominic, who had no intention of leaving future troubles behind, carefully examined the cave.
He did not think there would be anything left. Checking the cave was purely due to Dominic’s cautious nature.
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“Huh?”
So then, the reward for the treasure he discovered in the cave was more than sufficient compensation for that caution.
“This is…….”
Near the altar, at a spot where a small pillar stood, Dominic bent down after discovering an old box.
Since it was a suspicious object, he had no intention of passing it by in the first place, but something strongly alluring seized him and pulled him in.
An intense, impossible-to-ignore Mana was pouring out of the box.
Ė nüm̃ а̊. і̂ d
“How did I not notice this?”
Even if he had been distracted dealing with Ashiard, the Mana was so strong that it made no sense that he had been unaware of its presence.
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“And it’s not gloomy at all.”
The forbidden arts used by non-humans usually carried evil and gloomy Mana.
The same applied to the items or magic circles they used, so the possessions of non-humans like Necromancers such as Ashiard were usually of little use to humans.
But the contents of this box were different.
Ẇē b ń о́_v е̇ l̃ E n̆ u̇m â
He could not yet tell the color, but it was filled with Mana. No, it went beyond being filled—it overflowed.
The only time Dominic had ever felt such a quantity of Mana was when he had first become aware of the Mana flowing within his own body.
Dominic carefully opened the box.
And he discovered a single bracelet made of brass, engraved with delicate embossing.
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“So it was the bracelet Ashiard wore when he was alive.”
It would have been nice if there had been an instruction manual, but with just a lone bracelet sitting there, he could not tell its purpose or effects.
Ѐń ŭ m̂ а . і̄d́
Dominic narrowed his eyes and examined the bracelet.
He wondered if, like when he recalled Perperence from his previous life, or when he had seen Max Langtang’s flame magic circle earlier, he might be able to discern its use just by looking.
But no matter how long he stared, nothing came to Dominic’s mind.
“Judging by the Mana imbued in it, it’s definitely not an ordinary item.”
Dominic muttered regretfully.
“Is my talent not at that level yet?”
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He had only confirmed his talent and had not even properly learned magic, yet he was trying to determine the use of an ornament personally worn by one of the four great leaders of the heterogeneous races just by looking at it. If the Lich King Ashiard had seen it, it would have been a sight of him clutching the back of his neck and collapsing.
“For now, let’s take it.”
Whether Ashiard clutched his neck and collapsed or not, Dominic calmly tucked the bracelet into his bosom.
Just as he was about to set the box down, Dominic paused.
“And I can feel faint Mana from this box as well.”
This time, unlike the bracelet, he could vaguely guess the box’s function.
Е̄num а̇
And that function was, astonishingly…….
“This can’t be.”
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As a test, Dominic picked up a fist-sized stone nearby and put it into the box.
The stone suddenly shrank and then vanished as if being sucked in.
Dominic put in another stone. Once again, the stone disappeared, and the space inside the box remained empty.
“A subspace?”
W e bn̆ о̇ v е̃ l̈ Е n ǔ m ӑ
Even Dominic, who was ignorant of magic, had heard of mysterious storage spaces whose volume and weight did not increase at all no matter how many items were placed inside.
“That precious thing is here?”
Dominic’s eyes widened.
While he had casually taken the bracelet, he exclaimed aloud over the subspace box, an artifact several tiers inferior to it. This, too, would have been a sight to raise the Lich King Ashiard’s blood pressure enough to make him collapse.
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“Well, of course, considering it’s the tomb of the Lich King, one of the four great leaders, it’s not that strange for there to be a precious artifact, but…….”
A gentle smile spread across Dominic’s face, unaware of the Lich King’s circumstances.
We̊b̈ǹо̆.v̌ е l E ń umã
“I’ve obtained a usable artifact.”
Dominic tucked the box away. As it entered his pocket, the wooden box changed its form on its own, transforming into the shape of a cloth pouch.
It seemed to be imitating the coin pouch containing gold coins that he had received earlier from Brook, lying neatly beside it in his pocket.
“It’s not like it has a will of its own, right?”
Dominic muttered while looking at the self-transforming box.
Dominic preferred being alone.
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No matter how small or useful, he declined to carry around items that possessed a will.
Fortunately, the box—no, the subspace—did not seem to have a will, as it did not interact in any way beyond changing its shape.
“After making Perperence, I’ll have to figure out the bracelet’s function.”
After inspecting the cave one last time, Dominic left the place, leaving behind the unconscious Max Langtang and Brook.
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